An applicant for the Pope County casino license filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking the court to invalidate the recently-awarded permit because the license holder’s requisite letters of support from local government were “coercively issued.”
This is the third time the Pope County license has been the subject of a lawsuit since 2018 when voters approved Amendment 100 to the Arkansas Constitution, which permits casino gaming in the state. The Arkansas Racing Commission last week awarded the license to Cherokee Nation Entertainment, the tribe’s entertainment and gaming company.
“This unfortunate round of litigation from a rejected operator only stands to further delay the economic benefits and jobs associated with the state’s fourth casino license approved by voters in 2018,” CNE legal counsel Bart Calhoun said.
